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'''Magdanly''' ([[Turkmen alphabet|Turkmen Cyrillic]]: Магданлы; formerly known as '''Gowurdak''' or '''Gaurdak''' {{lang-ru|Говурдак}}), is a [[city]] in and seat of [[Magdanly District]], [[Lebap Province]], [[Turkmenistan]].
'''Magdanly''' ([[Turkmen alphabet|Turkmen Cyrillic]]: Магданлы; formerly known as '''Gowurdak''' or '''Gaurdak''' {{lang-ru|Говурдак}}), is a [[city]] in [[Köýtendag District]], [[Lebap Province]], [[Turkmenistan]].


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The word ''magdan'' means "ore" in [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]], and the suffix ''-ly'' means "with", hence "with ore". The area, in the foothills of the Köýtendag Mountains, is rich in various mineral ores. The former name, Gowurdak, referred to a mountain in that district which is mined for high-quality sulfur. Atanyyazow explains that the name Gowurdak "is derived from the local dialect ''gövür'' ('sulfur') and the word ''dag'', yielding 'sulfur mountain'."<ref name=atanyyazov>{{cite book|title= Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги|trans-title= Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan |page=104 |publisher=Ылым |date=1980 |place=Ashgabat |first=Soltanşa |last=Atanyýazow|url=https://www.twirpx.com/file/2683178/ }}</ref>
The word ''magdan'' means "ore" in [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]], and the suffix ''-ly'' means "with", hence "with ore". The area, in the foothills of the Köýtendag Mountains, is rich in various mineral ores. The former name, Gowurdak, referred to a mountain in that district which is mined for high-quality sulfur. Atanyyazow explains that the name Gowurdak "is derived from the local dialect ''gövür'' ('sulfur') and the word ''dag'', yielding 'sulfur mountain'."<ref name=atanyyazov>{{cite book|title= Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги|trans-title= Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan |page=104 |publisher=Ылым |date=1980 |place=Ashgabat |first=Soltanşa |last=Atanyýazow|url=https://www.twirpx.com/file/2683178/ }}</ref>

==History==
The name of the city was changed from '''Gowurdak''' to '''Magdanly''' on 8 September, 2002.

On 25 November 2017, Magdanly was downgraded from a city with "district status" to a city "in a district", subordinate to [[Köýtendag District]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/12653/parlament-turkmenistana-vnes-izmeneniya-v-administrativnoterritorialnoe-delenie-lebapskogo-velayata|title=Парламент Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята|author=|website=Информационный портал Туркменистана «Turkmenportal»|date=28 November 2017|publisher=|lang=ru|accessdate=14 April 2018}}</ref>

=== Administrative Divisions===
Prior to losing its status as "City with district status", the city of Magdanly also had the following village councils (geňeşlikler) under its jurisdiction:

* Çärjew (Çärjew)
* Ýürekdepe (Ýürekdepe, Aýrybaba)

Both of these village councils were incorporated in [[Köýtendag District]]. Later, on 9 November 2022, Ýürekdepe village council was dissolved, and its two subordinate villages were brought under the jurisdiction of Çärjew village council.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 08:29, 24 September 2023

Magdanly
Магданлы
Gowurdak
City
Magdanly is located in Turkmenistan
Magdanly
Magdanly
Coordinates: 37°48′24″N 66°03′24″E / 37.80667°N 66.05667°E / 37.80667; 66.05667
Country Turkmenistan
ProvinceLebap Province
DistrictKöýtendag District
Population
 (2012)
 • Total34,745
Time zoneUTC+5

Magdanly (Turkmen Cyrillic: Магданлы; formerly known as Gowurdak or Gaurdak Russian: Говурдак), is a city in Köýtendag District, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.

Etymology

[edit]

The word magdan means "ore" in Turkmen, and the suffix -ly means "with", hence "with ore". The area, in the foothills of the Köýtendag Mountains, is rich in various mineral ores. The former name, Gowurdak, referred to a mountain in that district which is mined for high-quality sulfur. Atanyyazow explains that the name Gowurdak "is derived from the local dialect gövür ('sulfur') and the word dag, yielding 'sulfur mountain'."[1]

History

[edit]

The name of the city was changed from Gowurdak to Magdanly on 8 September, 2002.

On 25 November 2017, Magdanly was downgraded from a city with "district status" to a city "in a district", subordinate to Köýtendag District.[2]

Administrative Divisions

[edit]

Prior to losing its status as "City with district status", the city of Magdanly also had the following village councils (geňeşlikler) under its jurisdiction:

  • Çärjew (Çärjew)
  • Ýürekdepe (Ýürekdepe, Aýrybaba)

Both of these village councils were incorporated in Köýtendag District. Later, on 9 November 2022, Ýürekdepe village council was dissolved, and its two subordinate villages were brought under the jurisdiction of Çärjew village council.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Atanyýazow, Soltanşa (1980). Түркменистаның Географик Атларының Дүшүндиришли Сөзлүги [Explanatory Dictionary of Geographic Names in Turkmenistan]. Ashgabat: Ылым. p. 104.
  2. ^ "Парламент Туркменистана внёс изменения в административно-территориальное деление Лебапского велаята". Информационный портал Туркменистана «Turkmenportal» (in Russian). 28 November 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.


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